Who sampled · 1990s · expert crate
Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones, Pt. II” (1994) is built on Herbie Hancock’s “Jessica” (1969) — a sample that travelled 25 years to get there. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the expert crate, worth 3 points in party mode.
The original record
Herbie Hancock · 1969
The hit that sampled it
Mobb Deep · 1994
Cue up “Jessica” and listen at 02:57–03:07 — that’s the passage Mobb Deep lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.
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